Artificial muscles : Applications of adv anced polymeric nanocomposites (with CDROM) Applications of Advanced Polymeric Nanocomposites

Artificial Muscles: Applications of Advanced Polymeric Nano-Composites provides an overview of the development and application of ionic polymeric conductor and metallic composites. It describes the conversion of chemical activation to electrical activation of artificial muscles using chemical plating techniques and also discusses fabrication methods. The authors analyze theories and numerical simulations associated with ionic polymer gel electrodynamics and chemodynamics and they cover all current industrial and medical applications of ionic polymer metal composites. The book also contains a CD with color images, movie files of systems in action, and state-of-the-art developments.

Introduction on Ionic Polymers, Gels, and Artificial Muscles. Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites (IPMC's) Artificial Muscles: Fundamentals. Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite (IPMC's) Artificial Muscles: Manufacturing Techniques. PAN Artificial Muscles. PAMPS Artificial Muscles. Modeling and Simulation for Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites (IPMC's) as Biomimetic Sensors, Actuators, Transducers, and Artificial Muscles. Sensing, Transduction, Feedback Control, and Robotic Applications of Artificial Muscles. Conductive Polymers as Artificial Muscles. Medical and Industrial Applications of Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites. Conclusions and Epilogue.

Academic and industrial researchers in smart materials and structures, polymer chemists, physicians, physicists, and graduate students.

Shahinpoor, Mohsen; Kim, Kwang J.; Mojarrad, Mehran